Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching.

A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.

For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking how important coal was to our everyday lives when I was a little boy.

In economic panics throughout history, the wiping out of the savings accounts of lower earners and the middle class has often led to social revolution, sometimes violent upheavals.

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus

I admire those believers who speak of such things with the same aplomb as if the'd just split a beer with God in the cabin next door.

Disappointment is like a death! In most cases both are not preplanned. They both come when they will come. Only that the former builds up experiences by the latter stops all form of experiences.

Now everyone is a critic.

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. It is strange that these voices often contradict each other?

All things are changing; and thou thyself art in continuous mutation and in a manner in continuous destruction and the whole universe to.

Hitler will live forever; and maybe I will.

I really have paid my dues! When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days I remind myself of that.

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.

Housework is like cleaning fish. No matter how often you do it, it still stinks.